Zindagi insān ki ek dam ke siwā kuch bhi nahīn
Dam hawa ki mauj hai, ram ke siwā kuch bhi nahīn
Mujhe aah o faghān neem shab ka phir paighām āyā
Apni jolān-gāh zīr āsmān samjhā thā main
Pooch us se ke maqbul hai fitrat ki gawahi
Pooch us se ke maqbul hai fitrat ki gawahi
To sahib-e manzil hai ya bhatka hua raahi.
Kāfir hai musalman to na shāhī na faqīrī
Momin hai to karta hai faqīrī mein bhi shāhī.
Kushāda dast karam jab woh be-niyāz kare
Ek danish noorani, ek danish burhani
Meri nawa se hue zinda aaref o aami
Teri mataa-e-hayat ilm o hunar ka suroor
Teri mataa-e-hayat, ilm o hunar ka suroor
Meri mataa-e-hayat ek dil naasboor!
Ek zamaane se hai chaak-e-girebaan mera
Tu hai abhi hosh mein, mere junoon ka qasoor
Maslahatān keh diya maine Musalman tujhe
Tere nafs mein nahin, garmi-e-Yawm al-Nashoor
Mataa-e-be baha hai dard o sooz aarzoo mandi
Mataa-e-be baha hai dard o sooz aarzoo mandi
Maqaam-e-bandagi de kar na loon shaan-e-khudawandi
Tere aazaad bandon ki na yeh duniya na woh duniya
Yahan marne ki pabandi wahan jeene ki pabandi
Hijab ikseer hai aawara-e-koye mohabbat ko
Meri aatish ko bhadkati hai teri deer paewandi
Guzar auqaat kar leta hai yeh koh o beyaabaan mein
Ke shaheen ke liye zillat hai kaar-e-ashyaan bandi
Yeh faizaan-e-nazar tha ya ke maktab ki karamath thi
Sikhaye kisne Ismail ko aadaab-e-farzandi
Ziyarat-gah-e-ahle azm o himmat hai lahad meri
Ke khaak-e-rah ko maine bataya raaz-e-alwandi
Meri mushatagi ki kya zaroorat husn-e-ma’ni ko
Ke fitrat khud bakhud karti hai laale ki hina bandi